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1258 – Quality Of Life Of War Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder In Bosnia-herzegovina

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

M. Hasanović ,
O. Sinanović ,
P. Izet ,
A. Esmina  and
T. Frančišković
M. Hasanović
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University Clinical Center Tuzla School of Medicine, University of Tuzla
O. Sinanović
Affiliation:
School of Medicine, University of Tuzla Department of Neurology, University Clinical Center Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina
P. Izet
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University Clinical Center Tuzla School of Medicine, University of Tuzla
A. Esmina
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University Clinical Center Tuzla School of Medicine, University of Tuzla
T. Frančišković
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Center Rijeka School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia

Abstract

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Aim

To analyze the quality of life (QoL) of war veterans in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH) with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), to analyze the interrelationship of certain segments of the quality of life and intensity of symptoms of PTSD and to analyze the interrelation of individual segments of the quality of life and overall functionality of the war veterans with PTSD.

Method

The paper analyzed the 60 war veterans who were treated at the Department for Psychiatry Tuzla, in the period March-August, 2007, and who were diagnosed with PTSD. The control group comprised of the 60 war veterans employed as active military personnel in the Army of BH, who were not on the screening test showed that they have PTSD and who were not psychiatric treated. QoL was assessed with standardized scale The Manchester brief assessment of the QoL, and the level of severity of PTSD symptoms and the presence of PTSD at the time of the interview was assessed with Harvard trauma questionnaire, combined versions for Bosnia and Herzegovina and for Croatia.

Results

The results of this survey indicate that the war veterans with PTSD had significantly worse QoL across all domains, as measured in almost total in relation to veterans who do not have PTSD. All individual symptoms and clusters of PTSD symptoms were negatively correlated with self-assessment of all segments of the QoL of war veterans.

Conclusions

The war veterans in post-war BH with PTSD had significantly worse QoL across all domains, related to veterans without PTSD.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 28 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 21th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2013 , 28-E613
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2013
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